Carlos Virgen rounds up some thoughts on wiki use by news organizations, but I always get the feeling that most reporters and editors stop reading at the word “wikitorial,” freak out, and hide under the desks.
Still here?
Good. Carlos has a great idea about using a wiki as a “contextual archive” for related stories. (Matt Thompson [...]
All about hyperlocal
Wiki what? Wiki who? Wiki why?
February 2, 2009
Placeblogger: More human than ever
November 14, 2008
Check out the redesigned Placeblogger a 2007 Knight News Challenge winner.
The aggregation-by-location niche seems to be blowing up lately, especially as startups try to hitch their maps to the iPhone’s wagon, but Placeblogger feels like real live humans are writing blog posts in real live places. I like that.
via the Knight Foundation Blog.
See also: Build [...]
Migration and alternate reads
April 5, 2008
I’ve been a little busy for the last week or so moving across the country, although going weeks between posts isn’t really anything new here, eh? As always, I’m posting to Twitter far more often than I could hope to blog here.
While I’m slammed with life and work busy-ness, please check out the following [...]
Work with us, people
March 3, 2008
GateHouse Media is hiring two reporters. Here’s the important bit from Boss Owens’ post on the matter:
The ideal candidate:
A recent college graduate (or graduating this spring)
At least six months experience blogging
Capable of shooting and editing his or her own video
Ready to do more than sit in an office and make [...]
If you can’t beat ‘em, or buy ‘em, use the API
August 5, 2007
Newspapers should produce amazing local databases with great maps, ratings and reviews.
A newspaper company should buy Yelp.
Yelp now has an open API. Newspapers should stop trying to develop something better, and use the API to provide users with Yelp’s functionality on their own sites, applied to their local businesses.
Apply that logic everywhere it makes sense. [...]